Summary
In "Quack Loses His Hat," Peep, Chirp and Quack explore how the weather changes and how we notice and describe it. A full 11-minute episode from the NSF-funded PBS science series for young children — quick to drop into a science circle or a rainy-day center.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
"Quack Loses His Hat" invites young scientists to explore how the weather changes and how we notice and describe it.
- What was the weather doing in this story?
- How did the characters know the weather had changed?
- What do you wear or do on a day like that?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: weather, wind, rain, snow, storm.
Try it: Look out the window each morning for a week and draw the weather. Was it the same every day, or did it change?